BELARUS VS BHUTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BHUTAN		BELARUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,545	1	53,186	- 45,641
Lung Disease	2	5,633	7	2,208	+ 3,425
Stroke	3	3,870	2	16,393	- 12,523
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,902	15	1,086	+ 816
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,819	57	13	+ 1,807
Liver Disease	6	1,778	8	2,078	- 300
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,761	30	373	+ 1,388
Kidney Disease	8	1,596	26	480	+ 1,117
Tuberculosis	9	1,480	37	269	+ 1,211
Road Traffic Accidents	10	1,326	19	722	+ 604
Stomach Cancer	11	1,269	10	1,690	- 421
Falls	12	1,192	16	952	+ 240
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	1,123	3	3,530	- 2,408
Low Birth Weight	14	851	47	64	+ 787
Asthma	15	835	44	122	+ 713
Hypertension	16	822	31	367	+ 455
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	726	39	239	+ 487
HIV/AIDS	18	623	42	167	+ 456
Birth Trauma	19	551	52	25	+ 526
Congenital Anomalies	20	540	41	202	+ 338
Lung Cancers	21	473	4	2,950	- 2,477
Oesophagus Cancer	22	470	25	493	- 23
Oral Cancer	23	462	18	901	- 439
Other Injuries	24	458	14	1,099	- 641
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	415	40	235	+ 180
Suicide	26	377	9	2,004	- 1,627
Liver Cancer	27	375	32	363	+ 12
Parkinson's Disease	28	337	21	621	- 284
Cervical Cancer	29	327	34	303	+ 24
Encephalitis	30	301	46	93	+ 208
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	260	5	2,886	- 2,627
Drownings	32	218	24	543	- 325
Pancreas Cancer	33	214	13	1,171	- 956
Leukemia	34	199	23	554	- 355
Violence	35	197	38	255	- 58
Meningitis	36	185	50	36	+ 149
Ovary Cancer	37	153	27	429	- 276
Epilepsy	38	148	45	116	+ 32
Endocrine Disorders	39	118	43	141	- 23
Syphilis	40	114	63	1	+ 114
Skin Cancers	41	99	36	272	- 172
Maternal Conditions	42	98	60	2	+ 96
Breast Cancer	43	85	12	1,230	- 1,145
Fires	44	85	22	620	- 536
Inflammatory/Heart	45	82	11	1,361	- 1,278
Skin Disease	46	78	51	31	+ 47
Drug Use	47	74	29	389	- 315
Bladder Cancer	48	70	35	295	- 226
Alcohol	49	64	6	2,761	- 2,697
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	57	55	15	+ 42
Appendicitis	51	54	54	20	+ 34
Lymphomas	52	52	20	672	- 620
Hepatitis B	53	43	56	14	+ 30
Malnutrition	54	37	53	22	+ 15
Prostate Cancer	55	36	17	936	- 899
Dengue	56	36	71	0	+ 36
Other Neoplasms	57	23	48	52	- 29
Measles	58	22	68	0	+ 22
Poisonings	59	20	33	311	- 291
Tetanus	60	15	64	0	+ 15
Upper Respiratory	61	11	58	5	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	62	11	49	42	- 31
Pertussis	63	10	65	0	+ 10
Hepatitis C	64	10	62	1	+ 9
Leishmaniasis	65	10	78	0	+ 10
Ascariasis	66	2	70	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	67	1	61	1	- 0
War	68	1	59	3	- 2
Otitis Media	69	1	66	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	0	67	0	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	71	0	28	391	- 391
Anemia	72	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	73	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	74	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	75	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	76	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	77	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	78	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	69	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	85	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	86	0	79	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELARUS

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THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.